In this article, you will find a description about the urban evolution of Mexico city, since prehispanic times until now. There is a special attention on the integration of urban conception of the prehispanic and the European cultures, from the arrival of the "dream of an order" from Felipe II.
It is very interesting to explain the iconographical interpretation of the cartography about Mexico city since the 16th century and to show the ecological impact through history, the problems of the 20th century and to foresse tha megalopolis paradigms, that will be faced during the 21th century globalization.